I've been told I favor the older, classic machines so here is one for you. I've had this primo delicious and excellent Canon TypeStar for some time, afraid to share. . . I picked it up from the local Goodwill thinking it was a lap top computer, and to my delight it was a battery-powered typewriter! This little typewriter, weighing in at a minuscule 5.5 pounds is the ultimate in electronic typewriters. It is a fully featured spell … [Read more...]

This customers parents gave their daughter the best kind of gift, a typewriter! Not just any typewriter, one that has been in the family for a long time. As this machine had not seen much use for a while there were some keys sticking and she just needed cleaning and re-oiling. A very nice Underwood portable typewriter. … [Read more...]

I know, you are thinking "man, he's going to go off on how wonderful and beauticious Remington typewriters are. . . AGAIN!". Ha, damn straight I am. I love these machines. This Remington desktop typewriter came to me as a tune up and the carriage would not stay put. You know, push it to the right and it ziiiips to the left. That is no way to write a novel. Before I got to cleaning up the basics I decided to look at the escapement to make … [Read more...]

This nice customer is on a tight budget, yet the typewriter really needed some major work. The draw string was broken and the platen was REALLY well used. Just look at the imprints from years of constant use. This customer knew that if the typewriter was repaired back to near new, she would get a life time's worth of work from this finely engineered hunk of metal. Of course, the first thing is to ship the platen off to J.J. Short for … [Read more...]

Yippee, I finally get to service a Dvorak typewriter! This beauty was bought at a local "antique" shop and is in very good shape. It took me longer to test the functions on this one as the keyboard is quite different from a QWERTY. Serial number OT356285 Here is a link: http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/imlsmohai/id/2101 … [Read more...]

This customer's machine was bought from an antique shop on Vancouver Island, B.C.  The platen was shot along with the flat paper rollers, plus the carriage was stuck (along with type bars) so it was difficult to figure out if anything other than hardened rubber and oil was holding this grand beast back from its early days of perfection. Well, off to J.J. Short goes the platen. The carriage was gooed on the rails pretty good so it took a … [Read more...]

This 1926 Corona 4 came in for some interesting work. A well used machine, the platen and rollers hard as a rock and heavily indented. The ribbon vibrator and actuator arm were both broken and the ribbon feed was just not working. I'm lucky to have other devoted fans of the Corona's and Steve Dade is a gem. He not only recovered the platen and rollers, he found a ribbon vibrator and arm in his collection. Thank you Steve, you saved this … [Read more...]

This maroon and gray Olympia came to the shop partially dismantled. The owner presented a bag of parts; springs, screws. . . and a story of an adventurous young person. I actually like young folks who are brave and curious enough to take things apart then put them together again. Often, when I was a kid, I did the same with mostly disastrous results. It led to a passion to explore and to question. All good things. I grossly underestimated what … [Read more...]